माहेर
Marathi
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘮𑘿𑘧𑘹𑘨 (mahyera), 𑘦𑘰𑘂𑘮𑘨 (māihara), 𑘦𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘊𑘨 (māhīera), 𑘦𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘧𑘹𑘨 (māhīyera), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀳𑀭 (māihara), from Sanskrit मातृगृह (mātṛgṛha). Cognate with Gujarati મહિયર (mahiyar).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editमाहेर • (māher) n
Derived terms
edit- माहेरवाशीण (māhervāśīṇ, “a married woman who is visiting her mother's home”)
Further reading
edit- Berntsen, Maxine, “माहेर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माहर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माहेर,_माहेरघर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*mātr̥ghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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